Author Archives: Mark Minyard
How Does Divorce Impact a Special Needs Trust in California?
If you’re going through a divorce, it’s not only an especially difficult transition in your life but is also a legally complex matter that can directly affect your estate planning. And if you have a child with special needs who is addressed in a special…
How Can Parents Best Support a Special Needs Child During a Custody Dispute?
Child custody battles are tough on everyone, but kids often suffer the most. If you're fighting for custody of your child, you're probably worried about how it will affect them. This worry gets even bigger when your child has special needs. These kids need extra…
AAML Southern California Chapter’s 33rd Annual Institute of Trial Advocacy – January 17–20, 2025
Minyard Morris is proud to share that Alex Payne and Mark Minyard presented at this year’s conference: "Through the Looking Glass – Demystifying Complex Issues in Family Law. "Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 Alex Payne, AAML, delivered an engaging presentation titled: "Unveiling the Invisible: Rates of…
Strategies for Successfully Modifying Child Custody Agreements
When you divorced, you received child custody orders that were designed to address parental rights. Over time, your child custody terms may address your family’s needs less well, and under these circumstances, a child custody modification may be in order. If you have questions or…
The Role of Parenting Plans in High-Conflict Custody Cases
You’ve heard that very young children engage in parallel play, but you may not have heard the term parallel parenting, which has a similar function. In high-conflict custody cases, the parents involved are often at the stage that they simply can’t put their animosity behind…
Self-Employment and Child Support: What You Need to Know
Child support in Orange County family law matter is a complex legal matter that takes a range of factors into consideration, including the amount of parenting time each of you has with the kids, the number of children addressed by the order, and each of…
Modifying an Orange County Child Support Order Post-Judgment: What to Expect
If you already have a child support order in place but have experienced a significant change since the order was handed down, you may be entitled to a child support modification. The State of California recognizes that parents’ circumstances change, children’s needs change, and that…
Executive Divorce: Key Considerations for Asset Division
Every Orange County family law matter can be challenging, but if you or your spouse is an executive with considerable income, the matter of property division can become especially complex. Because this division reflects your financial rights and will directly affect your financial future, getting…
Tips for Managing High-Conflict Child Custody Situations
When your children are involved, the matter is of primary importance, and emotions – for good reasons – tend to run high. If you’re facing a high-conflict child custody case, there are several important tips that can help see you through with your parental rights…
Medical Professional Divorce: Protecting Your Practice and Assets
There is nothing simple about the division of marital assets in an Orange County family law matter, but if you are a medical professional attempting to protect your practice and assets in the face of divorce, the complication factor is considerably higher. If this is…
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